Proceedings of the Asia regional workshop on the

QUESTIONNAIRE SUMMARY
Democratic People’s Republic <strong>of</strong> Korea
Selected Country Statistics:
Agricultural Population 6.4 million Agricultural Land 2.7 million ha
GDP Agric. GDP: GNI per capita: Hunger: 3%
FAOSTAT Pesticide Data Export Import: Use:
GDP= Gross Domestic Product; GNI = Gross National Income; Hunger = Population below minimum energy
requirement; FAOSTAT = latest data entry between 1998 and 2002
Institutional Pr<strong>of</strong>ile
Ministry Legislation Registration Licensing Enforcement Testing Training
Agriculture AAS MoA, AAS AAS AAS
Environment
Health
O<strong>the</strong>r Planning B Qual. C.
Industry Associations:
Non-Governmental Associations:
A. Pest and Pesticide Management
IPM policy declared? Yes
IPM mentioned in…
Crop Protection Policy? Yes
Agric. Sector Policy? Yes
O<strong>the</strong>r laws/documents? Yes
National IPM Program? Yes
Dept:
IPM extension projects? Yes
IPM research projects? Yes
Pest resistance problems? Yes
B. Testing, Quality Control and Effects
Laws for pesticide specifications? Yes
Low quality products in market? Yes
Quality control laboratory? Yes
Own analyses in 2004:
Outside analyses in 2004:
C. Health and Environmental Information
Data on pesticide poisoning cases? -occupational
exposure cases:
accidental exposure cases:
intentional/suicide cases:
Pesticide poison facilities? Yes
Number <strong>of</strong> facilities:
Poison Information and Control Centers? ?
Number <strong>of</strong> centers:
Significant environmental contamination? ?
Data on effects on wildlife & ecosystems? --
Pesticide residue monitoring system? Yes
Number <strong>of</strong> analyses 2004:
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Monitoring
Environm. Health
D. Pesticide Manufacture, Use and Trade
Pesticide Volume
Imports
Manufacture
Exports
Sales
Tons $’000 Value
Pesticide Use Pr<strong>of</strong>ile Tons $’000 Value
Agriculture (total)
Insecticides
Fungicides
Herbicides
O<strong>the</strong>r
Veterinary
Public Health
Household
O<strong>the</strong>r
TOTAL
Questionnaire responses: Yes = Yes; -- = No; ? = don’t know; (blank) = no answer
E. Selected Standards <strong>of</strong> Code <strong>of</strong> Conduct
Illegal trade estimates? ?
Estimated amount 2004
Collection <strong>of</strong> old containers and pesticides? Yes
Inventory <strong>of</strong> outdated/obsolete products? ?
Operational pesticide registration system? Yes
Violations in 2004:
Existing facility licensing system? Yes
Inspections in 2004:
Highly toxic products restricted? Yes